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Blue Shield of California is a mutual benefit corporation and health plan [6] [7] founded in 1939 by the California Medical Association. It is based in Oakland, California, and serves 4.5 million health plan members and more than 65,000 physicians across the state. Blue Shield of California was founded as a not-for-profit organization.
Also in 2003, UnitedHealth Group acquired Golden Rule Financial, a provider of health savings accounts. [15] On July 21, 2003, Exante Bank started operating in Salt Lake City, Utah, as a Utah state-chartered industrial loan corporation. It changed its name to OptumHealth Bank in 2008 [16] and to Optum Bank in 2012.
Optum was formed as a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group in 2011 by merging UnitedHealth Group’s existing pharmacy and care delivery services into the single Optum brand, comprising three main businesses: OptumHealth, OptumInsight and OptumRx. [2] In 2017, Optum accounted for 44 percent of UnitedHealth Group's profits. [3]
In 2011, Monarch HealthCare was acquired by Optum, UnitedHealth’s health services division. [20] In February 2013, SCA entered into a joint venture partnership with Memorial Care Medical Foundation and Monarch HealthCare to optimize surgery in Southern California; the partnership now has 9 ASCs. [21]
Contact information, such as name, address, date of birth, phone number and email Health insurance data , such as health plans/policies, insurance companies, member/group ID numbers and Medicaid ...
Health Net was established as the nonprofit Health Net of California in 1977 by Blue Cross. [5] In 1992, a California order permitted the company to convert from a nonprofit to a for-profit company. [6]
As of 2017, 11 insurance companies offer plans through Covered California, however depending on the county in which an individual lives, the number of insurers can vary from two to seven. [32] A 2015 California Healthcare Foundation study found that the number of hospitals in an insurance network did not significantly affect the quality of care ...
L.A. Care is governed by a 13-member stakeholder Board of Governors representing consumers, community clinics, physicians, hospitals, federally-qualified health centers, children's health care providers, and the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. Two of the seats are held by consumers who are elected by L.A. Care enrollees.